Introductions
Cipher is a 5★ Quantum Character following the Path of
Nihility. Cipher amplifies allies DMG done while deftly
debilitating her foes with debuffs.
Our Cipher Build Guide will show you the best Lightcones, Relics and
Team Compositions build the best Cipher you can.
Cipher's Best Light Cone
The percentage numbers listed showcase the relative DPS increase when you take into account both the Lightcone Effect(s) and Cones Base Stats.
Lies Dance on the Breeze (S1)
114.8%
Lies Dance on the Breeze (S1)Sources: Event Warp (limited)
Holiday Thermae Escapade (S5)
101.5%
Holiday Thermae Escapade (S5)
Resolution Shines As Pearls of Sweat (S5)
100%
Resolution Shines As Pearls of Sweat (S5)Sources: Stellar Warp
Holiday Thermae Escapade (S1)
97%
Resolution Shines As Pearls of Sweat (S1)
97%
Sources: Stellar Warp
Good Night and Sleep Well (S5)
95%
Good Night and Sleep Well (S5)Sources: Stellar Warp
Best Relics and Planar Ornaments for Cipher
Best Relics for Cipher
These are the best Relic Sets to build for Cipher. The percentage shows the relative difference to Cipher's best performing set.
Sacerdos' Relived Ordeal
100%
Warrior Goddess of Sun and Thunder
Sacerdos' Relived Ordeal
Warrior Goddess of Sun and Thunder
Pioneer Diver of Dead Waters
99%
Pioneer Diver of Dead Waters
Sacerdos' Relived Ordeal
98.7%
Scholar Lost in Erudition
Scholar Lost in Erudition
- Warrior Goddess of Sun and Thunder
- Messenger Traversing Hackerspace
- Sacerdos' Relived Ordeal
- Scholar Lost in Erudition (8% CRIT Rate)
- Wavestrider Captain (16% CRIT DMG)
- Pioneer Diver of Dead Waters (12% DMG against debuffs)
- The Ashblazing Grand Duke (20% Follow-up ATK DMG)
- Hero of Triumphant Song/The Wind-Soaring Valorous/Prisoner in Deep Confinement/Musketeer of Wild Wheat - (12% ATK)
Best Planar Ornaments
Penacony, Land of the Dreams
100%
Penacony, Land of the Dreams
Lushaka, the Sunken Seas
99.8%
Lushaka, the Sunken Seas
Firmament Frontline: Glamoth
99%
Firmament Frontline: Glamoth
Giant Tree of Rapt Brooding
98.5%
Forge of the Kalpagni Lantern
Giant Tree of Rapt Brooding
Forge of the Kalpagni Lantern
Cipher's Stat Priority
Effect Hit Rate (Acheron without Signature LC)
CRIT DMG
CRIT Rate
SPD
ATK%
Quantum DMG BoostATK%
Energy Regeneration RateATK%SPDCRIT RateCRIT DMGATK%Recommended Endgame Stats for Cipher
HP
DEFATKEffect Hit RateCRIT RateSPDCRIT DMG
Traces Priority
Cipher Build Comments
Cipher's build revolves around getting to at least 170 SPD for her A2 Trace Empyrean Strides. This trace doubles the recording value of The Hospitable Dolosian making her store 24% of damage done to her Patron target or 16% from non-Patron targets thanks to her A4 trace 300 Rogues.
Cipher provides almost all of her effects passively and can be played completely Skill Point positive without much loss since her Skill does not deal significant damage. The 30% ATK buff from her skill can be maintained SP neutrally if you have spare skill points for a little more DPS.
Despite being a Nihility character that applies debuffs Cipher does not need to invest in EHR. While a small amount of EHR on gear can be nice to make applying Lightcone or Skill debuffs more consistent it is not required outside of Acheron teams.
We go into some specific topics in more detail below:
Non-Signature Cone
Without Cipher's Signature Cone she struggles to reach 170 SPD without building 6% SPD Relic Sets. We strongly suggest building 6% SPD Relic Sets if you do not have her Signature Cone to make gearing easier as it will result in more overall damage. With good gear and 6% SPD relics Cipher can still get over 180 SPD but that is realistically the limit.
Signature Cone
With Cipher's Signature cone it is much easier to reach 170 SPD which allows you to opt into using more CRIT DMG substats on gear or using a DPS-oriented relic set like Pioneer Diver of Dead Waters. While this is not our default recommendation for gearing as we would suggest pursuing more SPD to reach more action breakpoints it is a viable and still effective way to build Cipher. Additionally, the massive SPD of the Lightcone opens up the possibilities of reaching 200 SPD.
200 SPD
This is only reasonably achievable with Cipher's Signature Lightcone. Without her signature Lightcone you would need to run 2 6% SPD Relic Sets, a 6% SPD Planar set and then 16 SPD substats on gear which we feel is unreasonable since this would be 3 rolls per item.
The 200 SPD breakpoint allows Cipher to act twice per 100 AV or three times per 150 AV which lets you generate a massive amount of Skill Points with Cipher and get many Follow-up ATKs from her.
With Cipher's Signature Lightcone this would require approximately 16 sub stats without any SPD % Relic Sets or Planars. Each SPD relic set would save you approximately 2.8 SPD Substats on average. This means if you ran a 2pc-2pc 6% SPD pairing you would only need 10-11 SPD Substats to get over 200 SPD which is reasonable to achieve.
Energy Regen Rope
Energy Regen ropes can be an upgrade for your Cipher build depending on the fight or if you are using her to primarily build Skill Points. Fairly often an ERR rope will allow you to use Ciphers ultimate once on the first side and then build it back in time to use it on the second time with fast clears even with purely Basic ATKs.
On longer encounters an ERR rope still can be an upgrade if it lets you use more Ultimates overall as they still deal decent damage. This is especially noticeable if you infrequently use her Skill since that means your energy generation was already lower.
Acheron Teams
For Acheron teams you will need to invest in Effect
Hit Rate in order to cap your debuff application chance to consistently
generate stacks for Acheron. To cap 120% chance effects like her Signature Lightcone
you need 38.8% Effect Hit Rate which means an extra 28.8% from gear. We suggest
obtaining this from substats as it will only be 7-8 rolls.
However to cap 100% chance effects you would need 66.7% Effect Hit Rate. In
order to acquire this Effect Hit Rate we recommend replacing her body with an
Effect Hit Rate Body.
Best Synergies for Cipher
Robin is a very powerful versatile Harmony Support that is incredibly synergistic unit with Cipher. Robin gives Cipher a considerable boost to DMG % and ATK which are stats she ends up lacking after investing massively into SPD. Additionally, Robin adds a large additional damage proc to every single hit from Cipher which is great since she hits twice per turn. Cipher's hit frequency also helps build Robin's Ultimate faster to increase the uptime overall and boost the teams DPS.
Acheron is a unique unit that scales with the how frequently a unit can apply debuffs. Cipher can apply two debuffs every turn if she has either her Signature Lightcone Lies Dance on the Breeze or the Battlepass Lightcone Holiday Thermae Escapade which is incredible compared to other units.
Feixiao is the premier Follow-up ATK carry and works amazingly with Cipher. Cipher launches incredibly frequent Attacks and Follow-up ATKs that build Feixiao's ultimate extremely quickly as well as getting nearly nearly unparalleled damage boosts from Cipher's increased damage taken aura and damage replication mechanic from Cipher's Ultimate.
Aventurine is a Follow-up ATK launching shield unit that synergises with other Follow-up ATK launching units which means Cipher helps Aventurine maintain his shield keeping the rest of your team safe.
Cipher's Best Teams
Cipher is an incredibly versatile, yet powerful support and can be played with nearly every DPS in the game due to how strong her increased damage taken aura and damage replication is. When combined these are often a 60% to 70% DPS increase for everyone else on the team.
This is not a comprehensive list of teams. The inclusion or exclusion of any given team does not necessarily reflect its power level. We have included several example teams that are more F2P friendly using 4★ characters that are lower power than the 5★ teams as examples. The sustain unit in each team can be swapped out.
